If one were to rank the many things 'Jurassic World Dominion' is trying to be, you'd list 'Indiana Jones homage', 'James Bond riff' and a 'Day After Tomorrow-style ecological thriller' all before arriving at 'Jurassic Park story.' This nostalgia-fueled popcorn flick is lacking one crucial element: It's a 'Jurassic Park' movie where the dinosaurs feel almost incidental. FOX film critic Caroline Siede reviews this trilogy capper.
) must go searching for their adoptive daughter Maisie Lockwood after she’s kidnapped by baddies looking to exploit her clone DNA. And in the other, Dr. Ellie Sattler reunites with Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ian Malcolm to solve a mystery about swarms of genetically modified locust that are threatening the world’s food supply.
It’s a case of overthinking the set-up and underthinking the actual plot, which often unfolds like an action-packed video game full of one-note minibosses and over-the-top car and plane chases. It doesn’t help that none of that runaround stuff even really matters in the end.
But the film too often mistakes bigger for better. An Atrociraptor chase scene initially zooms through the streets of Malta with some "Bourne"-esque flair, but eventually devolves into the kind of weightless, stakes-less CGI-fest that has characterized both of Trevorrow’s "Jurassic" films. Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing in Jurassic World Dominion, co-written and directed by Colin Trevorrow.
Indeed, for an "epic conclusion," the overlong "Dominion" mostly feels rather boring and bloodless with little that will really get the adrenaline flowing, other than perhaps from trying to stifle laughter at the absolutely absurd editing and geography of the film’s climax.
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